Originally Posted by
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Wasn't there questions on the survey about returning to the bow wave system? I'm sure the company would balk at that but our staffing in every category would increase wouldn't it? It'd be a lot of movement, at least I think it would be.
I'm sure they'd give back scope before they'd allow manning to increase. Manning to increase. Manning. Sorry Tim, I don't mean to say Manning.
A fix that may work is the bow wave, where guys could fly to ALV+20 six months a year but those extra five hours had to be banked and not paid. Max in your bank for this purpose would be 30 hrs in a year or 40 hrs total. Ergo, you would have to use 20 hrs in the bank to get the full effect of six months of ALV+20 the following year. It would allow guys on jets with longer trips to pick up that trip, but in a different month use their bank to fill up instead of flying. Capping the bank for these purposes means you limit the ability and the effect on staffing since the time would have to be banked then used. If it was not used the bank limits forbid future pickups to ALV+20 because the extra time could not be added to the bank.
It is the best staffing neutral solution I have come up with that meets the needs of guys that want to pick up time but can't due to rotation length.
Thoughts?